50 Royal Colonial Institute. 



( xpenditiir \ having regard to the nature of the work to be undertaken by the 

 Branch and approved by the Council in each case, and the amount of the subscriptions 

 collected within that area. 



10. Any subscriptions of Fellows and Associates within the area, collected by the 

 Secretary of the Local ©ranch shall be forwarded as soon as possible to the Secretary 

 of the Institute in London who will notify the Local Secretary of any subscriptions 

 received direct from within the said area. 



11. The Local Branch shall at all times and in all things duly comply with the 

 terms of the Charter and Rules of the Institute and obey the instructions of the 

 Council, and shall efi ectualh^ indemnify the funds of the Institute against any damages, 

 expenses, claims and demands by reason of any default of the Local Branch or its 

 officers, or any act by such Local Branch or its ofi&eers which may not be in con- 

 formity with the Charter and Rules of the Institute. 



12. The Council may, at its discretion, on giving not less than six months' notice in 

 writing, revoke the Certificate of any Local Branch, which shall then be returned to 

 the Secretary of the Institute together with all books, documents and papers relating 

 to such Brauch. 



XV.— ILLUSTRATED EMPIRE LECTURES. 



During the year 1910 the CouncU started a movement for the purpose of inculcating 

 the principles governing the Institute and spreadmg throughout the United Kingdom 

 detailed knowledge as to the present resources and future development and consolida- 

 tion of the Empire by means of illustrated lectures dealing with all parts of 

 the Overseas Dominions. The diffusion of knowledge concerning the Empire is 

 one of the principal objects for which the Institute was originally founded, and has 

 been steadily and regularly carried out at the sessional meetings held in London by 

 the Papers which are then read and the discussions which take place thereon. But 

 the opportunities for attending these meetings to those who live outside London 

 and its immediate neighbourhood are naturally restricted, and it is for that reason 

 that steps have been taken to further this particular branch of the Institute's work 

 throughout the country. 



To maintain a. regular scheme of lectures on a large scale necessarily involves 

 considerable expense, and the extent therefore to which it may be found possible to 

 develop the movement must be largely dependent upon the amount of funds which 

 are from time to time available for the purpose. With this object in view, a special 

 fund, known as the " Empire Lectures Fund," has been established, and subscriptions 

 ther3to may be addressed to the Secretary of the Institute. 



Mr. Herbert Garrison, F.R.G.S., Official Lecturer of the Institute, has devoted 

 most of his life to studying the British Empire, travelling over it an 1 lecturing upon 

 it. He has lectured with marked success throughout the United Kingdom to large 

 a idiences of the general public as well as to leading societies, educational institutions, 

 and colleges. The lectures have been actively supported by influential committees 

 in the various centres, and the Council have received many letters of thanks and 

 appreciation. Mr. Garrison has now given' some 400 lectures for the Institute. 



Members of the Council and several other Fellows of the Institute have assisted 

 ia promoting this important work, and it is hoped that others will follow their example 

 by arranging for the delivery of lectures in their own particular distr'cts. 



